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No miracles : the failure of Soviet decision-making in the Afghan War /

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Main Author: Fenzel, Michael R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
T︠S︡K KPSS. > Politbi︠u︡ro > Decision making.
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Soviet Union > Military policy > Decision making.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780804799102
0804799105
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The Soviet failure in Afghanistan
  • Setting the stage : evolution of party-military relations
  • Getting in : Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet decision to invade Afghanistan
  • No retreat ... no miracles : Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko in Afghanistan (1980-1985)
  • Gorbachev's quest for "reluctant, silent agreement" to withdraw from Afghanistan
  • Getting out : Gorbachev and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (1986-1989)
  • Losing Afghanistan.

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